We hear the haunting presentiment of a dutiful middle age in the current reluctance of young people to select any option except the one they feel will impinge upon them the least.

Quote by Gail Sheehy

Topics: Age Quotes

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on...

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on...

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of...

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of...

Changes are not predictable; but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's...

Changes are not predictable; but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's...

The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity.

The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity.

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep...

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep...

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties

Creativity can be described as letting go of certainties

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of...

Would that there were an award for people who come to understand the concept of...

It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it.. These are...

It is a silly question to ask a prostitute why she does it.. These are...

I think the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of...

I think the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of...

Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded.

Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded.

I realize that homosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is - but then,...

I realize that homosexuality is a serious problem for anyone who is - but then,...

You don't know a women till you've met her in court.

You don't know a women till you've met her in court.

A good woman would rather be the mother of a genius than the wife of...

A good woman would rather be the mother of a genius than the wife of...

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame...

The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame...

He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe...

He had heard that women often love plain ordinary men, but he did not believe...

Boys are sent out into the world to buffet with its temptations, to mingle with...

Boys are sent out into the world to buffet with its temptations, to mingle with...

Then when you have finished the prayer, remember Allah standing and sitting and reclining; but...

Then when you have finished the prayer, remember Allah standing and sitting and reclining; but...

Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more.

Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more.

Be critical. Women have the right to say: This is surface, this falsifies reality, this...

Be critical. Women have the right to say: This is surface, this falsifies reality, this...

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men...

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men...